About
My name is Leonid Mamchenkov and this is my website.
About me
I am originally Russian, from a mildly small city of Togliatti, which is in Samara area about 1000 kilometers from Moscow to the east. In 1996 I came to Cyprus, which is a small island in Mediterranean Sea, to study in the Intercollege. Originally I registered for Business Administration major, but after the first semester I changed to Computer Science. Accounting is not just my type of thing, if you know what I mean.
I have gained Associate Degree in Computer Science and proceeded for the Bachelor. I have also started to work. Working gradually slowed down my education until it came to a complete halt where I am now. Three courses short of Bachelor Degree. I still plan to graduate one day. Meanwhile if you are interested in my career, you can study my LinkedIn profile.
Studing and working weren’t the only activities in my life though. I’ve been dating (and later living together with) my future wife Olga. We married in June of 2002. We still enjoy the life together. We also create life. Our son Maxim was born in February of 2005. And he is the sweetest thing I’ve ever seen.
While I am on the subject of my family, I should mention that I have a younger brother, who lives in Cyprus too. He is also studing Computer Science in the Intercollege. My mother lives in Moscow. She is devorced to my father who lives in Togliatti. I have also spent some time investigating my family and related people. If you are interested in these things, I have my family tree online.
About my interests
Computers are main interest. I have been studing computers since before my high school. I am particularly interested in Open Source and Free Software, Linux operating system, Perl programming language, system administration, and blogging.
Photography is my second biggest hobby. I accidentally learned about it in the middle of 2003. I am trying to expand my knowledge and practice regularly ever since. Most of the pictures I take (those that don’t get deleted in the censoring process) are uploaded to my Flickr account. If you are wondering what kind of equipment I am using, it is Canon Digital Rebel (aka EOS 300D) camera. I have curently these lenses:
- Canon EF-S 18-55 (kit lens for my camera)
- Tamron 28-75/2.8
- Canon 50/1.8 USM (my favorite for now)
- Canon 75-300 IS USM
I am planning on expanding my toolkit in the near future. I also postprocess most of the images in Gimp.I also have a somewhat minor interest in driving.
Luckily, all my hobbies play nicely with each other. I drive around, make pictures, and put them all online, while blogging about things I see and think.
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